Golden Saffron Pound Cake is one of my most treasured recipes, dear ones, and I’m so excited to share it with you today. This beautiful cake brings together the warmth of saffron with the comfort of a classic pound cake that’ll have your whole family asking for seconds.
What makes this recipe truly special is the delicate saffron infused right into the batter, giving it that gorgeous golden color and subtle floral note that you just can’t replicate any other way. The combination of creamy yogurt and canola oil keeps the cake wonderfully moist, while the warm milk helps release all those precious saffron flavors.
I love serving this cake at family gatherings because it’s such a conversation starter — everyone wants to know what that special something is that makes it so lovely and different. This is the kind of cake that brings people together around the table, and that’s what home cooking is all about.
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Golden Saffron Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 0.75 cup Milk
- 1 pinch Saffron
- 0.66666666666667 cup Sugar
- 6 ounce Yogurt
- 0.33333333333333 cup Canola Oil
- 0.25 teaspoon Salt
- 3 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 0.5 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar
- 0.5 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 0.5 teaspoon Water
- 0.5 cup Raisins
Instructions
- Warm non-dairy milk 1 minute in microwave.
- Stir in saffron, cover, and
- let steep overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Coat 9- x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Transfer saffron mixture to large bowl, straining out saffron threads, if desired.
- Whisk in sugar, yogurt, oil, and salt.
- Sift in flour, baking soda, and baking powder, and stir until just combined.
- Stir in vinegar, vanilla, and rose water.
- Fold in raisins.
- Spread batter in prepared loaf pan, and bake 40 to 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in pan before unmolding onto wire rack to cool completely.
